We have been under severe weather warnings since Monday. Luckily it has only been windy, cloudy, gray and dreary. I was awakened at 3:56 a.m. to the sound of rain falling on the roof. I got up to check on the temperamental leak we have in the kitchen but it was not leaking.
At ten or eleven this morning the phone rang, it was a robocall from the City of Del Rio advising us to prepare for foul weather this evening. As I was typing this post the phone rang again at 11:07 p,m. letting us know we were under a tornado alert until 5:00 a.m.
My favorite San Antonio news channel said the severe weather was going to be limited to the northwestern part of Val Verde County, we live in the south. Hopefully, it won't be so bad. It is supposed to reach this area between midnight and three o'clock in the morning. I do not like when bad weather hits at night but I do not think mother nature cares how I feel.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
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Showing posts with label two robocalls from City of Del Rio. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
City of Del Rio sets a new rain record for this day
The evening news ( Monday - Oct 8th) warned of heavy rains, thunder, lighting, and hail for the area during the nighttime hours. I was going to bring the car from the garage/carport to the front of the house so I would not have to walk in the rain and mud in the morning until I heard that four letter word...HAIL...and decided to leave it in the garage.
I went to bed early (for me) I think it was around 1:30 a.m. I awakened to the sound of heavy rain and thunder turned to look at the clock and it was 3:01 a.m. Then the lighting show began and it seemed like they were striking very close by.
You could hear heavy sheets of rain hitting my bedroom window. Got up to check on the usual places that leak mostly in the kitchen and glad I did. The bucket was almost full and I found two new leaks :-(
Went back to sleep only to be awakened at 4:15 a.m. by a "robocall" from the City of Del Rio alerting the citizenry that we were experiencing a severe thunderstorm...no s*#t...it took them more than an hour to let us know that?
We were supposed to leave for San Antonio in the morning so went back to sleep. The darn phone rang again at 5:23 a.m. another "robocall" to let us know the thunderstorm was over. As soon as I hung up the lighting and rain started up again. Maybe it was over in the City of Del Rio but not in the County? Had enough unplugged the phone from the jack!
My alarm went off at 7:30 a.m. and when I looked out the window the front yard looked like a lake. Are you kidding me? Turned on the TV and saw that Uvalde was heavily hit after having already received five plus inches the day before, there were many street and road closures in the area.
Basically, all the rain that fell in Del Rio was heading east toward San Antonio, Texas. Made an executive decision and called to cancel both our appointment and hotel reservation.
Del Rio set a new record for this day of three plus inches of rain. The sun came out this afternoon which helped a little in drying our mud filled yard.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
I went to bed early (for me) I think it was around 1:30 a.m. I awakened to the sound of heavy rain and thunder turned to look at the clock and it was 3:01 a.m. Then the lighting show began and it seemed like they were striking very close by.
You could hear heavy sheets of rain hitting my bedroom window. Got up to check on the usual places that leak mostly in the kitchen and glad I did. The bucket was almost full and I found two new leaks :-(
Went back to sleep only to be awakened at 4:15 a.m. by a "robocall" from the City of Del Rio alerting the citizenry that we were experiencing a severe thunderstorm...no s*#t...it took them more than an hour to let us know that?
We were supposed to leave for San Antonio in the morning so went back to sleep. The darn phone rang again at 5:23 a.m. another "robocall" to let us know the thunderstorm was over. As soon as I hung up the lighting and rain started up again. Maybe it was over in the City of Del Rio but not in the County? Had enough unplugged the phone from the jack!
My alarm went off at 7:30 a.m. and when I looked out the window the front yard looked like a lake. Are you kidding me? Turned on the TV and saw that Uvalde was heavily hit after having already received five plus inches the day before, there were many street and road closures in the area.
Basically, all the rain that fell in Del Rio was heading east toward San Antonio, Texas. Made an executive decision and called to cancel both our appointment and hotel reservation.
Del Rio set a new record for this day of three plus inches of rain. The sun came out this afternoon which helped a little in drying our mud filled yard.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
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